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Learn about one of the most critical processes of reloading. We’re kicking off our Reloader.com video series with an intro to the first step you take before you even start reloading.
After firing cartridges, the cases are covered with a thin coating of sooty powder residue. If you’re picking cases up off the ground, you get the added bonus of dust, which can be abrasive. Before reloading, you want to remove that external residue. The best way to do that is with a vibratory case cleaner.
Once you become grooved-in on the operation of your Dillon reloading machine, you’ll find you get an immense amount of feedback through the handle. The sensations that come through the handle as you’re cycling it to operate the machine can alert you to potential problems before they become real problems.
A primer is basically a little metal cup filled with priming compound, a material that’s pressure-sensitive and ignitable, in other words, you hit it and it burns. The primer really is the spark plug of a cartridge, it provides fire to ignite a flammable material, in this case gunpowder.
